Illinois High School Basketball - Athens edges North Mac
February 4, 2023: Virden, IL 62690 The Athens Warriors (Athens, IL) basketball nipped the host North Mac Panthers (Virden, IL), 45-38 in Saturday's league test.
The Warriors (22-8) will now prepare for their test against PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central (Petersburg, IL). The Bluejays go into the Sangamo test with a 25-0 record. In their last test, PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville Central got by Illini Central/Greenview (Mason City, IL), 58-27, in a league test.
The Panthers now own a 13-16 record. They play next when they travel to Gillespie for a South Central test on Monday, February 6. North Mac will encounter a Miners squad coming off a 55-25 league loss to Staunton (Staunton, IL). The Miners record now stands at 15-14.